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How to Enable Audience Protection on DV360 Using GTM

This article includes a detailed guide and video walkthrough on how to connect Lunio with your DV360 Account.

In this guide:


Before you begin

To implement audience protection, you must have implemented Lunio's Multiplatform tracking script across your website. Learn how in this guide.

CM360 Setup

Create Your Conversion Action

  1. Within your CM360 account, go to Floodlight → Activities and click New

  2. Fill the fields as follows:

    • Name = Lunio Invalid User

    • Status = Active

    • Type = Counter

    • Activity group = Select "create new"

      1. You will then need to input the name as Lunio, where you will click on the value "(create new) Lunio" to confirm the new activity group name.

      2. A modal will appear for you to input the tag string as "lunio".

      3. Clicking Create will create the new activity group "Lunio" and take you back to the main screen to continue filling out the rest of the required fields.

    • Counting method = Standard

    • Tag format = Google tag

    • Category = Page View

    • Open Advanced properties to input the value for the Activity tag string as invalid

    • Click Save

Note your Advertiser ID, you will need it to add the platform to the Lunio dashboard and for the Google Tag Manager Setup

Platform Setup and Applying to a Workspace

If you don't have workspaces enabled then please contact [email protected] to configure your platform.

  1. Log into your Lunio dashboard as an administrator and access System Settings via the gear icon in the top right navigation bar.

  2. From there click on Platforms → Multi Platform → Add New Mplat +

  3. This will bring up the settings as shown in the screenshot below, please fill in accordingly.

    • Select Platform = DV360

    • Name = Workspace Name

    • Auto Calculate CPC/Average Cost Per Click

    • Platform Parameter = Your Advertiser ID that you copied from CM360

    • Protection Status = Monitor

    • Add Domains to This Platform = Domains linked to your website (including subdomains). Easiest method is to copy the URL from the browser and paste it as is to ensure the full domain is provided e.g. https://www.example.com/

    Once all the appropriate fields have been filled in click on confirm.

  4. Next, you'll need to add the platform to a Workspace. Please follow the instructions here.

Google Tag Manager Setup

Creating Your Audience

  1. Within your Google Tag Manager account, go to Variables and click New in User-Defined Variables section (bottom section)

  2. Choose Data Layer Variable type

  3. Fill the fields as follows:

    • Name = Lunio User Type

    • Data Layer Variable Name = LunioUserType

  4. Click Save

  5. Go to Triggers and click New

  6. Choose Custom Event Type

  7. Fill the fields as follows:

    • Name = Lunio Invalid User

    • Event name = Lunio

    • This trigger fires on = Some Custom Events

    • Choose Lunio User Type event → equals → invalid

  8. Click Save

  9. Go to Tags and click New

  10. Click Choose tag typeFloodlight

  11. Choose Floodlight Counter

  12. Fill the fields as follows:

    • Name = Lunio Invalid User

    • Advertiser ID = Your Advertiser ID noted during CM360 setup

    • Group Tag String = lunio

    • Activity Tag String = invalid

    • Counting Method = Standard

  13. At the bottom of the page click Choose a trigger to make this tag fire → Lunio Invalid User

  14. Click Save

DV360 Setup

Apply Your Audience

  1. Within your DV360 account, go to the Line item you want to protect.

  2. Scroll to Targeting and click Add targeting Audience lists (if you haven’t used it on this line item yet)

  3. Scroll to Exclude click Add and choose Lunio Invalid Users audience

  4. Click Apply and save

  5. Repeat these steps to apply your audience to the Line items you want to protect.

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